# List of ambassadors of the United States to Grenada

The United States ambassador to Grenada is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Grenada. The ambassador is the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, resident in Bridgetown, Barbados, and is concurrently the ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The U.S. Government established an embassy in Grenada at St. George's on February 2, 1984. The U.S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados.

## List of U.S. ambassadors to Grenada

The following is a list of U.S. ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Grenada. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Appointed by |
| Theodore R. Britton, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 25, 1975 | April 22, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 29, 1977 | May 15, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| Sally Shelton-Colby | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 23, 1979 | February 24, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Charles A. Gillespie | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 2, 1984 | March 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Loren E. Lawrence | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 1984 | December 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Roy T. Haverkamp | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 1984 | March 1986 | Ronald Reagan |
| John C. Leary | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 1986 | January 9, 1987 | Ronald Reagan |
| John C. Leary | Chargé d'Affaires | January 9, 1987 | May 1988 | Ronald Reagan |
| James Ford Cooper | Chargé d'Affaires | June 1988 | January 1991 | Ronald Reagan |
| Annette T. Veler | Chargé d'Affaires | July 1991 | July 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Ollie P. Anderson, Jr. | Chargé d'Affaires | September 1993 | September 1994 | Bill Clinton |
| Dennis F. Carter | Chargé d'Affaires | December 1994 | March 1995 | Bill Clinton |
| Jeanette W. Hyde | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1995 | January 31, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
| E. William Crotty | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 30, 1999 | October 10, 1999 | Bill Clinton |
| James A. Daley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 17, 2000 | March 1, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Earl Norfleet Phillips | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 26, 2002 | June 1, 2003 | George W. Bush |
| Mary Kramer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 5, 2004 | October 30, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| Mary Martin Ourisman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 18, 2007 | January 16, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Brent Hardt | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 16, 2009 | June 19, 2011 | |
| Christopher Sandrolini | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | June 19, 2011 | May 22, 2012 | |
| Larry Leon Palmer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 28, 2012 | January 19, 2016 | Barack Obama |
| Linda Swartz Taglialatela | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 3, 2016 | December 27, 2023 | Barack Obama |
| Joaquin F. Monserrate | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 28, 2023 | January 11, 2024 | Joe Biden |
| Roger F. Nyhus | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 6, 2024 | January 20, 2025 | Joe Biden |
| Karin B. Sullivan | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2025 | Incumbent | Donald Trump |